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chloroethane
Sign in to saveAlso known as monochloroethane, Hydrochloric ether, Muriatic ether, mono-chloroethane, ethyl chloride
Chloroethane, commonly known as ethyl chloride, is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3CH2Cl, once widely used in producing tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive. It is a colorless, flammable gas or refrigerated liquid with a faintly sweet odor.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H5Cl
- Molecular weight
- 64.51 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- chloroethane
- SMILES
- CCCl
- InChIKey
- HRYZWHHZPQKTII-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.2
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
5,884 papers- Chloroethane.IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1991
- Chloroethane.IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1999
- Genotoxicity studies with chloroethane.Mutation research · 1994
- Bromoethane, chloroethane and ethylene oxide induced uterine neoplasms in B6C3F1 mice from 2-year NTP inhalation bioassays: pathology and incidence data revisited.Experimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie · 2003
- Ethyl chloride.British journal of anaesthesia · 1965
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 64.008
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- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 10032
- canonical SMILES
- CCCl
- Commons category
- Chloroethane
- chemical formula
- C₂H₅Cl
- melting point
- -138.7
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0267
- density
- 0.92
- boiling point
- 13.1
- vapor pressure
- 1000
- flash point
- -58
- solubility
- 0.6
- lower flammable limit
- 3.8
- upper flammable limit
- 15.4
- ionization energy
- 10.97
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 2600
- electric dipole moment
- 2.05
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- Production
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- Obsolete uses
- Niche uses
- Recreational drug
- Safety
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Chloroethane, commonly known as ethyl chloride, is a chemical compound with chemical formula CH3CH2Cl, once widely used in producing tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive. It is a colorless, flammable gas or refrigerated liquid with a faintly sweet odor.
Ethyl chloride was first synthesized by Basil Valentine by reacting ethanol and hydrochloric acid in 1440. Glauber made it in 1648 by reacting ethanol and zinc chloride.